"Jin, are you ready for school?" asked Emily.

"Yeah Emily, I am coming," said Jin.

"Hurry up Emily, Jin. I am late for work."

"Coming mom," said Emily.

"I am here mom let's go," said Jin.

"Ok, kids get in the car."

After a while, Jin and Emily were both at school.

"See you in class Emily."

"Ok, Jin."

Jin is walking toward his classroom when a familiar voice is heard.

"Jin my friend, how are you doing?" asked Mike.

"Hi, Mike! I see the whole gang is with you. Good morning guys!"

"Good morning Jin," said Jessica.

"Hey, Jin," said Jason.

Suddenly the bell rang.

"Oh, the bell we must go to the classroom. Let's go guys."

"Ok Jason we are coming," said Jin.

The hours passed, and the school ended.

"See you tomorrow Jin," said Jessica.

"Later Jin," said Jason.

"Later man," said Mike.

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"Jin let's go to the bus station."

"Sorry, Emily, I have some things that I need to do. I will return home later."

"What kinds of things?"

"It's personal."

"Come on Jin, I'm your sister you can tell me."

"Sorry, Emily, I can't tell you."

Emily pouted. "Fine I will let it be for now, but I will learn what you are hiding eventually."

"See you at home then."

"Ok, see you at home," said Emily with disappointment written all over her face.

Jin thought, Sorry Emily I can't tell you about this. If you learned the truth, you would be in more danger than you already are. I couldn't forgive myself if something happened to you because of me. I will protect you and our parents no matter what I have to do.

Jin walks for several minutes until he reaches the abandoned factory on the other side of the city. He is so absorbed in his thoughts that he hasn't realized how time passed from when he left school to when he reached the factory. The area around the old factory is abandoned. Around the factory were the remains of past glory. This factory was one of the biggest in the nation. It gave work to a lot of people. But then 17 years ago an accident happened, an explosion destroyed the biggest part of the factory. The executive that owned the factory abandoned it and left, so the people working there lost their jobs. Since then this area was abandoned and nobody comes here anymore.

Jin thought, "Sure Reizo thought this through. He sure did his research to find a place like this."

Suddenly Jin heard a voice.

"Jin, you are here."

Reizo was standing behind him.

"Reizo how did you sneak up behind me? Well, it doesn't matter."

"So Jin, are you ready for training?"

"When do we start?"

"You seem anxious."

"We don't have time to lose, Sano Ryouji might be planning his move as we speak."

"Did something happen that got you rilled up?"

"Yes, I wanted to talk to you about this. Somebody broke into the school and took all the students' records."

"You think that this incident is connected to Sano Ryouji, right?"

"Yeah, that is exactly what I think."

"You might be right. I will investigate it myself. So, leaving that aside shall we begin the training?"

"Yes, right away."

Jin's tone changed, and he became profoundly serious.

"Reizo when you told me the truth about who I am and the danger that I and my family are in, the danger whose name is Sano Ryouji I made a promise to myself. I promised myself that no matter what happens I will protect my family. Even if that guy is a lot stronger than me I won't surrender. I will fight him and win. Losing isn't an option. This family took me in when I was alone, and I will not let them get hurt because of me."

Reizo thought, That kid sure has grown to a nice young man I wish you were here to see him, Rin.

With iron resolve, Jin is now ready to begin the training to protect his loved ones from the imminent threat.